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What age were you when you were first aware of HRDs or Vincents ?
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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 159924" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>I can also tell you when a friend of mine first encountered the "Snarling Beast". I was in college and still living at my parents. I had started hanging around a bit more with a guy who lived down the street from me. He was 5 years older than me, I had gone all through school with his younger sister, so I knew him fairly well. He had recently bought a Honda Rebel and was getting into motorcycling and was looking for someone to ride with. Well one Saturday morning he comes down to the house to have chat about bikes and starts telling me about this incredible old bike he had just read an article about, called a Vincent Black Shadow. He's really excited about this article and absolutely fixated on wanting to see one in the metal. So as he's going on about it, I gently usher him towards the garage, position him in front of the big door and go inside through the side door. All the time I'm just letting him talk. Now my dad kept the Shadow under a cover when ever it wasn't being ridden. I open the big door from inside, the Shadow is under the cover. My friend is a regular consumer of Marlboro menthol 100s. He had taken one out to light and was taking his first drag when I whipped the cover off and asked if this is what he was talking about. He inhaled so deeply so fast I swear he was down to the filter instantly. He just stood the gasping, coughing, and stammering, "that's a....that's a....that's a....BLACK SHADOW!!" Then I started it. Which just amped up his excitement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 159924, member: 1632"] I can also tell you when a friend of mine first encountered the "Snarling Beast". I was in college and still living at my parents. I had started hanging around a bit more with a guy who lived down the street from me. He was 5 years older than me, I had gone all through school with his younger sister, so I knew him fairly well. He had recently bought a Honda Rebel and was getting into motorcycling and was looking for someone to ride with. Well one Saturday morning he comes down to the house to have chat about bikes and starts telling me about this incredible old bike he had just read an article about, called a Vincent Black Shadow. He's really excited about this article and absolutely fixated on wanting to see one in the metal. So as he's going on about it, I gently usher him towards the garage, position him in front of the big door and go inside through the side door. All the time I'm just letting him talk. Now my dad kept the Shadow under a cover when ever it wasn't being ridden. I open the big door from inside, the Shadow is under the cover. My friend is a regular consumer of Marlboro menthol 100s. He had taken one out to light and was taking his first drag when I whipped the cover off and asked if this is what he was talking about. He inhaled so deeply so fast I swear he was down to the filter instantly. He just stood the gasping, coughing, and stammering, "that's a....that's a....that's a....BLACK SHADOW!!" Then I started it. Which just amped up his excitement. [/QUOTE]
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